Border Culture Revival

After a three year hiatus, Border Culture 2009 returns. I've linked to the blog from 2006 when Border Culture last ran with Marcel O'Gorman. Marcel has moved on to greener pastures, though he is very much missed in the twin cities.

A lot has happened in the intervening time including a tour of the Mexico-U.S. borderlands, the continued desertification of the Windsor-Detroit region and the establishment of some very exciting local initiatives on both sides of the border that attempt to analyse and reactivate our cities in a critical way that is independent of the typical models of gentrification (which for better or worse) never took root here . Justin Langlois of Broken City Lab (www.brokencitylab.org) will be joining us for the semester to demonstrate survival strategies in the capital of the rust belt. Stay tuned...